Serving the Yorkshire Ofﬁce Market

Demographics

Wakefield is home to 320,000 people, with a
population of 2.4million living within a 20 mile radius.
It is the 18th largest local authority in England and
Wales. Wakefield is home to around 8,700 active
businesses including a number of household names
such as Burberry, Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd, Haribo
and Warburtons.

Wakefield has an educated workforce with a ready
supply (90,000) of local general operatives (NVQ2)
and 78,000 professional science and technical staff
available within a 20 mile radius.

Wakefield has, in addition to the usual compliment of secondary
schools, a number of further education establishments including
Wakefield College. Wakefield College offers a broad range of
education ranging from A-Level courses, apprenticeships to
degrees. In addition, Wakefield is within a 20 mile radius of 9
Universities,hosting 206,654 students and a further 12 higher
education institutions which produce 55,000 graduates each year

Wakefield offers a range
of housing, opportunities
ranging from city living to
attractive rural villages.
Wakefield’s housing is
affordable as Wakefield
is currently 3rd of all UK
cities in terms of housing
affordability.